Week 5- Tutorial Task

 Scavenger Hunt

1. Where was the first University established and in which year?
    -Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt is said to be the first university and it was established in 969 BC. 


      **http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060729054252AAiUY0V - found via yahoo answers


2. What is Stephen Stockwell's band called and what does he play?  Can you name a couple of their songs?
  - Stephen Stockwell's band is called the Black Assassins and he is the keyboardist. 

  - Some songs of the Black Assassins are Azaria, Drugs, FMFMD, Multinational Corporate Lifestyle, Planet X. 


      ** http://live-wirez.gu.edu.au/Staff/Stephen/default.html - found via previous question from tutorial
       **http://www.blackassassins.net/Lyrics.html - found it through the above link




3. What is the weight of the world’s biggest machine? How much did it cost to build?
     -The world's largest machine is the Large Hadron Collider and it cost $4 Billion to build


          **http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/4216588?click=main_sr - found on the  popular mechanics website 


4. Who is Justin Bieber's lawyer, and what is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact the lawyer?
   - Kenneth Feinswog is Justin Bieber's Lawyer and his phone number is (310) 277-8211
    
      ** http://www.teenmusic.com/2010/09/08/gaga-lawyer-threatens-comic-bosses via search on teenmusic.com 
      ** 


5. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?
    - The cheapest way would be to fly with JetStar for $89 one way. 


       **http://booknow.jetstar.com/Select.aspx > directly went to their website


6 . Who is Hatsune Miku? What company does she belong to? What is her birthday?
       -Hatsune Miku is Japan's "virual pop star. She belongs to Crypton Future Media, Inc and was born in 2007.


     **http://search.proquest.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/docview/866648266 - found via ProQuest




7. Find a live webcam in Belarus. Find a place to stay in Antarctica.
   -http://www.geocam.ru/europe/belarus/minsk/webcam609_minsk_webcam.html  
       found via EarthCam.com > data base of webcams 
   -You could stay at Palmer Station - which is a research center in Antartica 
       ** http://search.proquest.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/docview/204460418found via ProQuest


8. What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1991?
     - The Number One Song for this back in 1991 was "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" by Bryan Adams.

    **http://australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=1991&date=19910825 - found via yahoo search of "Australian Music Chart Archives"




9. What type of car is used to make ‘Google Street View’?
   - There are different types of cars but they are all have "nine directional cameras for 360 [degrees]views at a height of about 8.2 feet, or 2.5 meters, GPS units for positioning and three laser range scanners for the measuring of up to 50 meters 180 [degrees] in the front of the vehicle." (Rhea, 2011) 


    **http://search.proquest.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/docview/878569160/1315C04F2C815AC5009/7?accountid=14543 -  found via ProQuest Search 


10. Translate these questions into Spanish and then translate them back into English.
   - ¿Dónde la primera universidad fue establecida y en qué año?
   -Cuál es Stephen Stockwell' ¿la venda de s llamada y qué hace él juega? ¿Puede usted nombrar unas par de sus canciones?
   -¿Cuál es el peso de la máquina más grande del mundo? ¿Cuánto costó para construir?
   -Quién es Justin Bieber' ¿abogado de s, y cuál es el mejor contacto de la manera (lo más aprisa posible, el más confiable) el abogado?
   - ¿Cuál es la forma más barata de recorrido del Gold Coast a Melbourne?
  - ¿Quién es Hatsune Miku? ¿Qué compañía ella pertenece? ¿Cuál es su cumpleaños?
  - Encuentre un webcam vivo en Belarus. Encuentre un lugar para permanecer en   Antartida.
  - ¿Qué canción era la tapa de las cartas australianas del estallido esta semana en 1991?
  - Qué tipo de coche se utiliza para hacer el View'? de la calle de Google del `
  - Traduzca estas preguntas a español y después tradúzcalo nuevamente dentro de inglés.


- Where the first university was established and in what year?
 - Which is Stephen Stockwell' the bandage of called s and what he does plays? Can you name a pair of your songs? 
-Which is the weight of the greatest machine of the world? How much it cost to construct? - Who is Justin Bieber' lawyer of s, and which is the best contact of the way (possible, more fast most reliable) the lawyer? 
- Which is the cheapest form of route of the Gold Coast to Melbourne?
 - Who is Hatsune Miku? What company she belongs? Which is its birthday? 
- Webcam alive in Belarus Finds. It finds a place to remain in The Antarctic.
 - What song was the cover of Australian letters of the outbreak this week in 1991?
 - What type of car is used to make the View'? of the street of Google of `
 - It translates these questions to Spanish later and tradúzcalo again within English.




**http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt - used in high school to translate homework 

Week 5- Response To Content

 In class we watched the beginning of the film Rubber. This movie was interesting to say the least, but most of all I found it intriguing because I payed close attention to the framing of the movie and the types of shots that were taken. We had just gone over all the different types of shots in the lecture and I had never really thought much into the concept so really thought about it while we watched the film. It would take forever to go over all the different types of shot that took place in the first 20 minutes of the film, but there were a couple that really jumped out at me. The first one was the scene that the tire was still in the ground. At first the camera was taking a "Long Shot" of the deserted area with random thing lying around. This was to true the idea of the Long Shot because it gave of us, the viewer, and idea of where, when, and who the scene was about. More specifically the camera then changed to a  "Big Close-Up" shot; when the camera zoomed in and solely focused on the tire itself. By the camera being this close to the tire we were able to see the emotion of the tire. It was shaking uncontrollably before it shook itself loose from the ground. Due to the shot sizes during this scene, the viewer was really able to get a sense of what was going on. If there was just one shot size, say at a "Medium Long Shot", there would not be the same effect on the viewer. Another scene that the scene shot played a pivotal role was when the bunny rabbit and the tire where facing off. The switching between shot size really gave a sense and made you feel like you were really there right between the tire and rabbit. At first there was a "Long Shot", but then there the camera switched to a "Big Close-up" and switched between the tire and rabbit. This shot size really gave us a feeling of the situation and details of what each character was feeling at the height of the tension. As it can be seen, I thought this movie was a really good choice to watch because it really showed good examples of all aspects of film, particularly the shot sizes and the effects that each of them have on the viewer.

Week 4- Tutorial Task

  There are over 750 million active users on Facebook, and on any given day 50% of those users log on to the social networking site. (Facebook, 2011) Like any site that one joins, Facebook has terms of policy that every person you signs up for has to obey. My question is how many people actually know what the terms that we have all agreed to actually are? If I had to put a number on it I would say it is in the thousands. That's right, out of 750 million people, only a couple hundred thousand people actually know what they have agreed to when they signed up for the site. Let's be honest here, whenever we install a new computer program or sign up for a new email address very few people actually read the terms. The majority of us just check the little box and click "next"; I know that's what I do. So what are we actually agreeing to when we except these terms? I just recently took a look at Facebook's terms and they are interesting to say the least. For the most part they are all ideas and concepts that you would assume for a site such as Facebook; such as "You will not post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence." (Facebook, 2011) However, there are also some terms that I would have never fathomed would be on there. There are actual conditions that say you must keep your information up to date and current. One of the most interesting terms though is that "You will not use your personal profile for your own commercial gain." (Facebook, 2011) There are numerous occasions when I go on Facebook and my friends statuses are either selling something or promoting there place of employment. Apparently, according the Facebooks terms, this is illegal and you agreed you would not do this when you signed up for your account. These two examples here are only 2 surprising things I came across. Honetly you have to read the terms yourself to get the full effect of what I'm saging. Shortly after starting to read the terms page on Facebook, I began to realize that I really had no, even slight, idea of what I was agreeing to when I checked the box when I signed up. I guess from now on I will take the extra 5 minutes and read before I agree to something, and I would suggest you do the same. 

Week 4- Response To Content

     I personally do not play a lot of computer games anymore; a few years back however, I really was into the Call of Duty games. I absolutely love playing them and thought that they were the greatest games in the world. I would still play them, but it is worthless trying to get them to run on my current laptop. I cannot really put a finger on why I love these types of games so much, but I really do. I think part of it is because it is something that you can say I grew up around. The Metal of Honor games are based on past wars such as WWI and WWII. Growing up, and still to this day, me and my dad would watch war movies all the time. So it is something that I love and being able to "act" out what I have seen is something I really find enjoyable. Also  have grandfathers in the past wars, so again I guess you have to say it has a place in my heart. More then anything I think its the genre that draws me to the Medal of Honor type games. 

    Growing up, whenever I went to the store I would find a game that looked cool and then directly look at the rating. My mom was one of the mothers that would, under no circumstance, allow me to get a game that was rated M for "Mature". I never really could go against her because I wasn't old enough to buy it my self, so I was always heartbroken because the best games were always rated M. I would also attempt to explain to her that the rating were worthless, and that is nothing more then what happens in the movies. Sadly, my explanations had no affect on my mother's take on the matter. However, to this day I will argue that the rating are more or less senseless. On their website, the Entertainment Software Rating Board claims that the "ratings are designed to provide concise and impartial information about the content in the computer and video games so consumers, especially parents, can make and informed purchased decision." (ESRB, 2011) To an extent I believe that the ratings are an okay tool. For instance, for something like pornographic material I think it is a good thing. However, I do not believe it is a good system for rating violence. I truly feel that it is an individuals mind set, not the game that effects a person when it come to violence. If a person has the mind set that what he or she is doing in the video game is okay to do in real life, then I personally feel like that is a red flag. I just don't feel that a video game has a big enough effect to persuade an individual to condone violence. There are numerous other aspects that have a much bigger impact on that mind set; such as family life and his or her physiological mind set as a whole. With that said, I do feel like there is a level at which it does effect changes in people, but I think that is in really rare cases. For example, I know there is a Mafia game in which the user cuts off people's body parts; something like that I think takes everything to a whole new extreme. I feel something like that should not even be available on the market. Again I feel those are rare circumstances. All in all I strongly feel that the video game violence does not have a great effect on its users.       

    Entertainment Software Rating Board (2011)Game Ratings & Descriptor Guide, [online] Available at: http://www.esrb.org/ratings/ratings_guide.jsp [Accessed: 21st August 2011].

Week 3- Tutorial Task

Stephen Stockwell had his first article in an academic journal in 1981. "Kuranda Police Shooting" was published in the February edition of Legal Source Bulletin. The database in which I found this article was the HeinOnline Law Journal Library, which I found through the Griffith University Library system.


              Stockwell, Stephen 1981, 'Kuranada Police Shooting', Legal Source Bulletin, vol. 6, pp. 48, viewed 10 August 2011, via HeinOnline Law Journal Library.




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Governor Slugwell first appeared in three comics between the1985 and 1986. First in '85 he appeared in "To Take Arms Against a Sea of Trouble" and " When the Shoes Aren't Worth the Shine". Then later in 1986 he appeared in "Epilogue". I found this information out by using the Underground and Independent Comics Database.


                 "When the Shoes Aren't Worth the Shine", by Bob Burden In Flaming Carrot Comics, no. 7. (Renegade Press, 1985). page(s) 3-31
                "To Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles", by Bob Burden In Flaming Carrot Comics, no. 10. (Burbank, CA:Renegade Press, 1985). page(s) 3-32
                "Epilogue", by Bob Burden In Flaming Carrot Comics, no. 11. (Burbank, CA:Renegade Press,  1986). page(s) 30
               




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In Nigeria, government officials have just recently reassured its people that there is no need to worry about the recent warning released by The World Health Organisation. WHO had recently reported that mobile phone can cause Cancer; but the government is explain how there is no solid evidence that can draw that conclusion. Therefore at this time there is no need for panic. 


   

             'Association Allays Fears on Danger of Mobile Phones' 2011, All Africa Journal, published 16 July 2011, viewed on 10 August 2011, via ProQuest Central.


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   In the 1982 movie, Blade Runner, Holden asks Leon about his mother. In response, "Leon looks shocked, surprised. But the needles in the computer barely move. Holden goes for the inside of his coat. But big Leon is faster. His laser burns a hole the size of a nickel through Holden's stomach. Unlike a bullet, a laser causes no impact. It goes through Holden's shoulder and comes out of his back, clean as a whistle. Like a rag doll he falls back into the seat. Big slow Leon is already walking away, but he stops, turns, and with a little smile of satisfaction fires through the back of the seat." (Francher, Peoples, Kibee, 1982) 


        Francher, Hampton. Peoples, David Webb. Kiddee, Ronald. (1982) Blade Runner. Warner Brothers, Los Angeles, CA. via American Film Scripts Database.   


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   In the middle of 1999, the music industry was forever changed by a college kid and his uncle. Shawn Fanning was attending Boston University, when he decided to create an online music database. After 60 straight hours of programming, Napster was born. (Napster: Then and Now) Napster brought to if every music lovers dream; every song, album, discography at their finger tips. For free. That's right, Shawn Fanning had created a program know as peer-to-peer sharing that allowed users to share mp3 file with one another over the Internet. So an individual on one side of the world could "take" a copy of a song from someone on the other side of the world and make it available on there computer for their personal use. While the original Napster lived a very short life, it was larger than life. "At the peak of Napster;s popularity in late 2000 and early 2001, some 60 million users around the world were freely exchanging digital mp3 files. (The death spiral of Napster begins, 2001) Unfortunately for Fanning and his fellow users, the Federal Government intervened in the file sharing database in the middle of 2001. In March of this year Napster began to have to comply with a federal federal court order, which blocked the transfer of copyrighted material from being shared; such as songs and albums.(The death spiral of Napster begins, 2001) Understandably, big named band and groups began to file lawsuits against Napster because in the whole process they were the one taking the bad end of the stick. Napster drastically lowered music sales rates. Why would a consumer buy something that they could instantly get for free? As a result the downfall of Napster began. Today Napster is still around, but it has never come close to what it once was. Credit must be given to the founders and employees of Napster for keeping it going to this day. After countless lawsuits and court cases, they have somehow still managed to stay afloat. In the last few years, they did end up going bankrupt; however, that did not mean the end of them. At first Roxio purchased them. They later sold the copyrights and brand name to Best Buy, who is the present day owner of Napster. While Napster may have been short lived, it will forever be remember as a game changer. It not only created a new market, but changed music forever. While there are still CD's, music is purchased by most on the computer, over the Internet. All thanks to a clever 18 year in a dorm room, music can now instantly be accessed at our finger tips; thanks to the government though, it cost us $0.99...






      The death spiral of Napster begins — History.com This Day   in History — 3/6/2001. 2011. The death spiral of Napster begins — History.com This Day in History — 3/6/2001. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-spiral-of-napster-begins. [Accessed 20 August 2011]. 




      A Brief History of Napster. 2011. A Brief History of Napster. [ONLINE] Available at:http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring01/burkhalter/napster%20history.html. [Accessed 20 August 2011]

Week 3- Response To Content

   I found this last lecture to be very interesting to say the least. It brought up many interesting topics and ideas, however one thing particularly really got me thinking. At one point we started talking about the World Wide Web. As we got further into the creation of the Web, it came up that the Internet and the Web are not the same. At first I thought that this was absolutely absurd. I am no computer engineer, but I do know a fair share about computers and I'm the type of guy that people usually call when they have a problem with their computer; however, I must say I always thought that these two things were one in the same. After listening and hearing the explanation of how the two differ, it made pretty good sense that the Web and the Internet are two separate things. After the lecture I went back, still curious and did a little hunting around. I found one really good explanation that I thought really put everything in perspective. "The World Wide Web is a way of accessing information over the medium of the Internet. It is an information-sharing model that is build on top of the Internet." (Webopedia, 2011) I know in the lecture that same thing was basically said, but this really sealed the deal and made me see the difference. For all this time I have been guilty of interchanging the Internet and Web, while they are two completely different things. Now though, it is clear as day that they are two separate forms of networking and computer technology. 

    The Difference Between the Internet and the World Wide Web - Webopedia.com. 2011. Webopedia.com. Available at: http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2002/Web_vs_Internet.asp. [Accessed 14 August 2011]

   

Week 2- Tutorial Task

 Growing up, your parents always told you "that you can be what ever you wanted to be". The world of the Internet has brought an entire new meaning to that statement. You literally can be WHOEVER you want to be online. The best part is that you can live your whole life "online" with no one ever finding out who you actually are. Even though its a virtual world, the Internet creates a place where anybody can become anyone. For some people, living a virtual life is satisfying and they could not be happier; which there is nothing wrong with. For the others though, it creates a sense of uncertainty. Do we really know who we are talking to online? It is in a 20 year old model from England, or it is really a 50 year old from the United States? Unless you actually meet the individual in person, you very well may never know. It's scary, think about it.




  On the web today, there are many companies and programs that make a living off of other's websites and ideas. For instance, there are plenty of programs that help you win an auction on eBay. Auction Sentry is a program that you can buy which helps win you auctions at the last minute on eBay. Now Auction Sentry has no affiliation with eBay, however it is a program created strictly to be used hand in hand with the eBay site. For a lot of people this is great, it helps them with auctions without having to sit on their computers. But my question is, is it fair to eBay for programs such as Auction Sentry to more or less use eBay to make money? Personally I do not think it really is, but that's just me.
   If you want to check out Auction Sentry here it is: http://www.auctionsentry.com/  




  As shocking as it may be, I have a few friends that do not have a facebook. Personally I think they are crazy, but that is just me. For the first couple years in high school in America (until I was around 16), I was one of them, I did not have a facebook. However one day I cracked, two of my friends more or less created a facebook for me because they wanted to tag me in some pictures. I did not like the idea and thought I was getting by just fine in life without having a facebook. Looking back now though, I could not even begin to imagine how I would have gotten by in high school and the first few years of Uni without a facebook. Today you HAVE to have a Facebook. For me its awesome; when me and all my friends went seperate ways after high school, it was a perfect way to see how everyone is doing and what they're up to, even if you aren't physically talking to them everyday. I feel that if you did not have a facebook you would just loose contact with so many people. For instance, just the other day, my neighbor from growing up friended me. I have not seen nor talked to her in at least 7 or 8 years. Without Facebook there is a very good chance that I may have never talked to her again; so for me Facebook is important so I can stay in contact with friends, regain contact with old ones, and have bases to get in contact with newly made friends. For me personally, I am not friends with anyone that I have not met in person; I will only except friends that I know who they are. I also keep a close eye on my privacy settings, therefore security is not a big issue in my mind. Surely it is weird to think that anyone can find your profile, but in my mind as long as you are safe and play your cards right, there is no problem from a security standpoint. When its all said and done I believe Facebook is awesome and a great means of technology. With that said, I tap my hats to those people who are finding a way around not having one; I do not know how you do it.

Week 2- Response To Content

This week in class we took a look at a timeline of The History of Communication. For me personally, when I think of the history of communication I think back to the 1700's, 1800's or early 1900's. I think of Morse Code and  the typewriter as being the beginning of communications, along with the alphabet which was of course hundreds of years before that. After reading through the timeline though, I realized that I am completely out of line with those thoughts. The history of communication all began thousands of years Before Christ (BC). I have to say I knew about a lot of the things the timeline mention happened in the years Before Christ; I just never thought of them as forms of technology. After reading it, it seems so obvious and I don't see how I never made the connection seeing the it is all right there in front of me. Communication really did start about 3500 BC when the Phoenicians developing an alphabet and progressed soon after in 1775 BC when the Greeks started writing from left to right. (The History of Communication, 2011)  It is crazy to fathom how something that began thousands of years ago is still progressing to this day. Forms of communication are so ever changing and evolving everyday; and they have been since many years Before Christ.     




The History of Communication. 2011. About Inventers.  Available at: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_history_of_communication.htm

Week 1- Tutorial Task

Hey there! My name is Justin and I am currently studying abroad here in Australia. I am from the United States where I go to a small private college in Massachusetts. At my uni I am majoring in criminology and minoring in business administration, concentrating in the accounting aspect of business. At uni I play lacrosse and love to go into Boston, Mass which is a city 20 minutes away which has over a quarter of a million college kids! I will be here in Australia until late November and I cannot wait to see and explore this beautiful country. This blog is being written for one of my classes, New Communication Tech. I am looking forward to this class because I firmly believe that technology is the future and it effects everyone at any given point in time. New means of communication such as Facebook and Twitter have changed the way the world works. It is fascinating to see how a college kid at Harvard could create the next big thing while sitting in his room! I can't wait to learn and discuss with my lecturers and classmates how the world is evolving from a technological standpoint!

Week 1- Response To Content

     In today's day in age, there are new means of technology becoming available to the public every day. My generation (1990's) has grown up in the boom of the PC. Our parents before us grew up in the age of the color tv, while the our younger brothers and sisters have grown up getting cell phones while still in elementary school. The moral of the story is that times are changing, but technology is changing even faster. As stated on Intel's website, one of its founders, Gordon Moore made a prediction that the amount of transistors on a chip will double about every two years. With over 40 years of proof, what today we know as Moore's Law, stands more true then ever. Technology and means of communication are advancing at the speed of light. As wonderful as it is being able to look something up in a matter of seconds on an IPad or Blackberry, technology isn't all it cracked up to be. Personally, I feel like it is ruining our younger generation from a social standpoint. When I meet a kid my my brothers age, 12 or 13, I feel like that have the social skills of a 5 year old. Why? Because they are not used to having face to face interactions with humans. As bad as it sounds its the truth. They have grown up talking to friends and such electronically. They communicate via facebook or instant message; not by talking on the phone or in person. As great and super as my new SmartPhone is, its honestly bringing down the younger generation. 

      With technology advancing so rapidly, it is hard to say what is new technology verses what to consider old technology. Personally, I feel that old technology is anything that we no longer use on a regular basis. For instance, a house phone would be consider old technology because while we may use it once in a while, the majority of people use cell phones to make calls. Same goes for a cassette player in car; some of the older cars still have them, however most people uses CD's or plug in their iPods to the car stereo system. On the other hand something such as Tablet PCs are considered to be new technology;  people are beginning to use them very regularly for both work and person use. In conclusion, I feel that new technologies will become old technologies when they are no longer used on a daily basis. 

Moore’s Law Inspires Intel Innovation. 2011. Moore’s Law Inspires Intel Innovation.  Available at: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/silicon-innovations/moores-law-embedded-technology.html. Accessed 28 July 2011.